Wringer protector



Sept. '28 1926.

R. A. ROWLEY WRINGER PROTECTOR Filed Maw 5, 1926 INVENTOR ATTORN EY WITNESS:

Patented Sept. 28, 1 926.

fi i l-3515i RICHARD A. ROWLEY, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

wnrnenn PROTECTOR.

Application filed May 3, 1926. Serial No. 105,477.

This invention relates to accessories for or attachment to clothes wringers and has for its object the provision of a novel guard device adapted to be mounted adjacentand ,5 in connection with the relatively stationary and relatively bodily movable. rollers of a clothes wringer' for the purpose of preventing clothes from sticking to the rollers and being carried thereabout and consequently wrapped about the rollers.

An important object is the provision of a guard device embodying a stationary memberadapted to be secured to the frame adjacent the relatively stationary or lower roller, and a guard device adapted to be pivoted upon the frame and operatively engaged by the shaft or spindle of the relatively bodily movable roller whereby to accom modate itself always to the position thereof and to cooperate with the stationarily mounted guard for the purpose of preventing clothes from being carried about the 7 rollers and becoming clogged or tangled.

An additional object is to provide a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive to. manufacture, easy to use, positive in action, eflicient and durable in service, and a general improvement in'the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of elements to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figural is a perspective view of aclothes Wringer equipped with thedevice.

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view part- 13 broken away and in section and partly in diagram illustrating themounting of one of the guards, and

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the mounting of the other guard.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the letter A designates the frame of a wringer of any ordinary or preferred type and which may be provided with any suitable means, not shown, whereby it may be attached to a wash tub, stationary washstand' or other support. As is customary, the wringer frame A carries rollers B and C journaled therein connected for simultaneous movement as by means of gears D and E at both ends thereof arranged in interfitting relation. Theshaft or spindle of one roller is extended as shown at F and carries a crank handle G whereby rotation of both of the rollers maybe effected for wringing out clothes. Ordinarily, devices of this character are provided with adjusting means, indicated at H, whereby the tension of the upper roller B with respect tothe lower one C may be regulated.

In carrying out the invention, I provide a guard device indicated generally by the numeral 10, for the lower roller and a somewhat different guard device, indicated generally by the numeral 11, for the upper roller. The guard device 10 may consist simply of an elongated plate or strip of metal provided at its ends with laterally ex tending ears 12'apertured as shown at 13 for the passage of suitable securing screws, nails or the like whereby it is attached to the inner sides of the upright members which constitute the sides of the frame A. It is intended that this guard member 10 be so 10- cated that the upper edge thereof will be adjacent the point or line at which the rollers B and 0 contact.

The guard member 11 may likewise be formed as an elongated strip 14: of metal provided at its ends with lateral extensions 15 of greater height which are notched or a cut away at their central portions, as indicated at 16 for the reception of the spindle or shaft of the upper roller B. The notch ing or recessing'16 definesupper and lower arms 17 and 18, the former of which is longer than the latter and apertured as indicated at 19 for the passage of a suitable screw or the like whereby the guard member 11 may be properly mounted on the inside .of the upright members constituting the frame A. It will be observed that the employment of a singlesecuring screw orthe like passing l Vhen the parts are properly installed or positioned as indicated in Figure 1 of the drawings, it will be quite clear that the guard members 10 and 11 will be so arranged that when clothes are fed to the wringer they cannot possibly follow the roller around and consequently become bunched up and prob ably injured as the result thereof. Ob-

viously, it becomes necessary at times to adjust the upper roller B with respect to the lower roller C, depending upon the thickness or nature of the fabric being wrung out and it is for this reason that the pivotal mounting for the guard member 11 is provided. It is really thought that the construction, operation and advantages will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art without further explanation.

\Vhile I have shown and lescribed the prebe understood that I make such changes in the form, construc ion and arrangement of 1 arts as will not depar from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described the invention, I claim A stripper attachment for a clothes wringer including spaced upright side members and a pair of coacting rolls journalcd therebetween one of which is movable with respect to the other. comprising a substan' tially U-shaped metallic member including an upstanding plate portion adapted to be located immediately adjacent the movable roll and the legs of the U terminating in lugs recessed at their central portions for the accommodation of the roll trunnions or axle the lugs being provided with means so as to be pivotally connected upon the confronting; faces of said upright sides whereby said nictallic member may accommodate itself to adjustment of the movable roll with respect to the other roll.

In testimony whereof I affix my sigma ture.

RICHARD A. ROWLE 1. 

